![]() ![]() The "cliff hanging" segments keep the action moving and always leading up to a thrill to be continued. It was produced as usually six fifteen-minute serial episodes (with space for commercials), very unlike the hour TV show with the entire adventure. Donald Monat has said, "I guess I was aiming to interpret the script in the spirit of the TV series, but in my own way - as my voice is quite different to Patrick's." Patrick McNee played Steed on the original television show, and the radio format, as national TV wasn't available in South Africa until '76, was the way it was popularized there. ![]() This radio show has all of the excitement and intelligence of the original television hit. It was based on the fine TV series, which was very popular from the start in the UK, and is an excellent example of radio's adaptation of the television medium.as it had done with movies all along.Part pop art, part super hero, and part adventure serial. The Avengers burst in the door of spy and super-hero adventure drama on South African radio in 1971, starring Donald Monat as John Steed, and Diane Appleby as the wonderful Emma Peel. South African Radio Serial adaptations from the TV Series of the same name ![]()
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